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PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATING & CAPITAL BUDGET — City of San Antonio, Texas — As required by section 102.005 (b) of the Texas Local Government Code, the City of San Antonio is providing the following Statement on this cover page of its FY 2015 Proposed Budget: This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $22,640,834 or 5.57%, and of that amount, $7,234,740 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year. Of the $22,640,834 in added property tax revenue, $14,175,886 is proposed to be used in the City’s General Fund to support essential City services such as Police, Fire, Streets, Parks & Recreation and Code Enforcement. The remaining $8,464,948 is proposed to be used for debt service paayments on debt issued for capital projects. The amounts above are based on the City’s currrent rate of 56.569 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The City’s FY 2015 Proposed Budget does not include a City property tax rate increase. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITALL BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2015 CITY MANAGER SHERYL SCULLEY PREPARED BY: OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET MARIA D. VILLAGÓMEZ, CPA, DIRECTOR BRYAN LAYTON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JUSTINA TATE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tyler Bahr Akeeba Evans Auudrey Rivera Camden Bird Phil Laney Robert Rodriguez Joshua Brannon Michael Lopez Scott Swindler Caitlin Buchanan Michael Maldonado Edward Tapia Josh Chronley Kate Mason Kenny Teruya Michael Coon Alyssa McMullin Catherine Tkachyk Guadalupe Curiel M'kynzi Newbold Chad Tustison Jose De La Cruz Anna Resendez Asshley Yan CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MAYOR AND COUNCIL IVY R. TAYLOR RAY LOPEZ Mayor District 6 DIEGO BERNAL CRIS MEDINA District 1 District 7 VACANT RON NIRENBERG District 2 District 8 REBECCA J. VIAGRAN JOE KRIER District 3 District 9 REY SALDAÑA MIKE GALLAGHER District 4 District 10 SHIRLEY GONZALES District 5 OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER SHERYL L. SCULLEY GLORIA HURTADO City Manager Assistant City Manager ERIK J. WALSH CARLOS CONTRERAS Deputy City Manager Assistant City Manager PETER ZANONI BEN GORZELL, CPA Deputy City Manager Chief Financial Officer EDWARD BENAVIDES ED BELMARES Chief of Staff Assistant City Manager TABLE OF CONTENTS DESCRIPTION PAGE BUDGET SUMMARY Transmittal Letter.............................................................................................................................................. 1 Budget Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 9 PROGRAM CHANGES Reductions ........................................................................................................................................................41 Mandates .......................................................................................................................................................... 59 Improvements ................................................................................................................................................... 67 Revenues ......................................................................................................................................................... 87 Personnel Schedule ......................................................................................................................................... 97 Holiday Schedule ............................................................................................................................................. 99 FUND SCHEDULES All Funds Budget Summary ..............................................................................................................................104 General Fund ....................................................................................................................................................110 Special Revenue Funds ................................................................................................................................... 119 Enterprise Funds .............................................................................................................................................. 149 Expendable Trust Fund .................................................................................................................................... 159 Internal Services Funds .................................................................................................................................... 163 Self Insurance Funds ....................................................................................................................................... 171 Debt Service Funds .......................................................................................................................................... 177 Grants ............................................................................................................................................................... 189 Delegate Agencies ........................................................................................................................................... 195 DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARIES Departmental Summaries ................................................................................................................................. 199 CAPITAL BUDGET Six-Year Capital Plan ....................................................................................................................................... 295 City of San Antonio August 7, 2014 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: I am pleased to submit for your consideration the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2015. The budget is balanced as required by law, and reflects the City Council policy direction provided in May and input from the Community. The $27.4 million General Fund budget challenge, forecasted in May, has been addressed by maintaining a balance between public safety and other service priorities, efficiencies, additional revenues, and closer alignment of uniform healthcare with other peer cities in Texas. The FY 2015 spending plan focuses on streets, drainage, parks, libraries, neighborhoods, and affordable public safety. This budget reflects our commitment to provide high quality services to the public while maintaining a strong financial position and with no increase to the City’s property tax rate. The budget proposal does not recommend any layoffs of uniform or civilian employees. The budget adds 100 civilian positions and reduces 87 civilian positions for a net increase of 13 positions. The Proposed Consolidated Annual Budget, comprised of all funds excluding transfers, totals $2.4 billion. The General Fund budget is $1.05 billion; restricted funds, including Aviation, Development Services, and Solid Waste, total $710 million; and the FY 2015 Capital Budget is $665 million. Addressing City Council and Community Priorities Streets and Drainage In accordance with the priorities expressed by the public and City Council, the proposed budget adds $15 million for street maintenance and close to $7 million in drainage improvements for a total of $22 million. These funds are in addition to the current Infrastructure Management Program (IMP) of $52 Million. Parks, Libraries and Adult Education The proposed budget adds operating funds and staff to Parks and Libraries for newly completed capital projects including the Council District 9 Library and Community Parks across the City. The budget addresses technology needs at City branch libraries by adding $500,000 for technology replacement and improvements. Enhanced adult OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER P.O. BOX 839966 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78283-3966 TEL: 210-207-7080 FAX: 210-207-4217 Page 2 of 3 FY 2015 Proposed Budget – Transmittal Letter education is also a priority in the budget, with $350,000 proposed to be invested in enhancing adult literacy programs at four City Libraries. Animal Care and Code Enforcement The proposed budget adds resources to maintain the City’s 80% live release rate for animal care services. $3 million is added to replace the Code Enforcement mainframe case management system. The updated system will provide more transparency to the public and increase officer efficiency and availability to handle code concerns from the community. Vacant Building Registration Program Funding in the amount $375,000 is recommended to implement the recently approved Vacant Building Ordinance. This ordinance takes effect January 2015 and is intended to make unoccupied buildings safer and more attractive for redevelopment. The cost of enforcing and monitoring compliance of the ordinance is anticipated to be offset by an annual fee paid by the owners of the unoccupied structures. Senior Services The proposed budget adds operating funds for two new senior centers in Council District 5 and Council District 10. These resources will also provide for meals, transportation and activities at the two new centers. Affordable Public Safety As directed by City Council during the May 27 City Council Goal Setting Session, the FY 2015 Proposed Budget maintains public safety expenditures at 66% of the General Fund. This was accomplished by proposing changes to uniform healthcare, with these changes San Antonio uniform employees would continue to have a higher level of healthcare benefits than other peer cities in Texas. In the 2014 City of San Antonio Community Survey, 70 percent of respondents said they support having public safety personnel contribute to the cost of healthcare,